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Mind Map Tips – How to Increase Your Potential

When you try your hand at creating
and using a mind map for the very first time, chances are you’ll never look the
same was at studying and interpretation processes again. It’s frankly quite
jaw-dropping just how much power the mind map has, as is the way in which it
works perfectly with the assimilation habits of the human brain – a million
miles from standard lists, notes and research techniques.

However, there’s always room for
improvement and even those that have been into mind mapping for several years
could still benefit from fine-tuning their approaches and efforts. So with this
in mind, what follows is a list of tips and pointers from mind mapping experts
which if followed can see person’s potential and indeed their enjoyment of the
practice increased significantly.

Increase
Frequency

First and foremost, mind mapping is
just one of an infinite number of activities and techniques where practice
makes perfect. It’s all about getting a firm grasp of the basics first and then
running with it – the more mind mapping you do, the more you get to know the
process inside out and the better the results become. As such, even if you
don’t have any specific need to, it’s
still a good idea to try and mind
map anything and everything on a regular basis. Not to
the point where you never want to see one again of course, but if it’s the kind
of thing you only find yourself doing once ever blue moon, the secret to
building your talents lies in practice.

Expand Ideas

If you always seem to peak at around
the same time when mind mapping, never rule out the possibility that it could all be
psychological. Roughly translated, if working with an A4 sheet of
paper or smaller, you’ll be aware from pretty early on that space is limited
and there’s every chance that this will subconsciously prompt you to branch out
your ideas less. So, at least once or twice here and there it’s a good idea to
up the ante to an A3 sheet as the more space you see in front of yourself to
fill, the more likely you are try and fill it with your genius!

Buddy-Up

When you look at all the wisdom and
knowledge that can come out of your own little mind, just think how muchyou could come up with if you were to team up
with another person. Or for that matter, any number of other persons! Creating
mind maps in pairs or groups can get messy, but in other instances it can be
revelatory and inspirational.

Compare and
Contrast

Last but not least, revisit old
subjects from time to time and draw new maps from scratch. Then, take a look at
the two so you can compare and contrast what you looked at differently in each
instance. This is a great way for you to take note of recurring themes and also
note areas than need more of your focus if missed out in either of the maps
drawn.